trying with this technology here, it's driving me crazy. now, i think maliki is wary of syria, i think all iraqis are. it's allowed sunni-arab call fates back across the border to smuggle weapons, it's stirred up the sunni arab tribes, it's given safe haven to members of saddam's family and regime, and let's remember anti-baathist enemies diehard. and i think it's much more than being baathist versus baathist or arab versus arab, there's always been a rivalry between these two states and leaderships going back in time. iran is just that baghdad support the assad regime, help it supply with whatever it needs, permit air resupply operations, cross-border traction sit of -- transit of trucks, access to hard currency and gold that's in banks. baghdad, where does baghdad stand in this? complicated. they refuse to sign a status of forces agreement with us, insisted on the september 2011 withdrawal of combat forces, but i don't think they expected us to leave and shut the door behind us. they are awaiting delivery of 36 f-16s beginning in 2014. th